This biography, though historically based, should not be considered factual. It is not that there was no such man -- indeed there was, and other accounts indicate that Francis Marion is as deserving of praise as this account would indicate -- or moreso. It is not that the events described did not take place -- mos ...

Francis Marion (1732-1795) Continental Army Officer, Southern partisan leader. Commander of only Revolutionary forces in South Carolina, nicknamed The Swamp Fox by British for disrupting their plans with his outstanding guerilla warfare tactics from his base in swamps. Home | Search | Early America Review | Movies | Town Crier Forums ...

Francis Marion By Deidre G. Francis Marion was an American revolutionary war hero, nicknamed the Swamp Fox by the British because of his elusive tactics. Marion was probably born in St. John's Parish, Berkeley County, near Georgetown, South Carolina, about 1732. As a descendant of French Huguenots who settled on the Santee River, he received a country school education. Marion established himself ...